Where was the pocket knife? In the trunk of his car, where he kept it with his emergency survival gear. But the school decided that, since the car was parked on school grounds, it was still a violation and suspended him for 20 days. He's just hoping that it won't keep him out of West Point.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Eagle Scout's pocket knife gets him suspended
Posted by James Hart on Thursday, October 15, 2009 at 03:34 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (49) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Wisconsin teen used blowdart to kill rabbit, police say
Which is against the law there. (Probably didn't help that he allegedly left the rabbit, blowdart still attached, lying in a driveway.)
Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Posted by James Hart on Wednesday, July 15, 2009 at 10:03 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Man builds mole trap using shotgun shell, steel plate
And he only loses PART of a finger! Police aren't sure if they'll charge him for setting an illegal trap.
Posted by James Hart on Tuesday, June 02, 2009 at 01:40 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
Good news! More nutjobs are wearing body armor!
Both the Binghamton and Pittsburgh shooters were wearing body armor when they went on their killing sprees because there isn't a background-check requirement, The AP reports. (Their story doesn't explicitly explain why this is a bad thing -- I presume it's because it makes killing the nutjobs just a little harder.)
Posted by James Hart on Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 06:15 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (37) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Cedar Rapids police want to ban BB guns
And paintball guns, too. The police say they've had something like 150 cases of broken windows that can be blamed on the devices. I understand what they're trying to do -- but if somebody REALLY wants to break a window, don't you think they'll just find something else to accomplish the task. It seems unfair to take a kid's BB gun from him.
Posted by James Hart on Wednesday, March 04, 2009 at 03:52 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (11) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, March 02, 2009
KC man accused of possessing Molotov cocktails
Kansas City police found two Molotov cocktails in a man’s car Sunday after he allegedly threatened a woman.
Jackson County prosecutors charged Jahn M. Moore, 29, with possession of an illegal weapon. He was in jail today in lieu of a $100,000 bond.
According to court records, a woman called police about 2:20 a.m. Sunday and said Moore had threatened to drive his car into her house if she didn’t pay him money she owed him for damage to his vehicle. He later allegedly called back and threatened to shoot her.
Police stopped Moore’s car near 31st Street and Spruce Avenue, two blocks from the woman’s home, and found two glass bottles filled with gas. One was topped with a rag.
Posted by James Hart on Monday, March 02, 2009 at 12:48 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Gun owners go on a bullet-buying spree
It's gotten to the point where the entire state of Florida is facing a bullet shortage. Experts say that a lot of gun owners are worried the Obama administration is going to push for a new tax on ammo.
Posted by James Hart on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 at 01:10 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (25) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, February 02, 2009
MO man needed explosives for "the end of the world," police say
Police say a 22-year-old man, who believes the world will end in 2012, stole a gob of C4 -- about 50 pounds worth -- from a police training area near St. Charles, Mo., back in summer 2007. A friend reportedly tipped the authorities off after catching a glimpse of his pal's armory.
(It's never for anything fun, like "because I wanted to have the bestest July Fourth ever." Nope, it's usually Y2K or a large-scale murder plot.)
Posted by James Hart on Monday, February 02, 2009 at 06:15 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, January 16, 2009
Now we know why he got the leading role in the movie, "Jackass."
Johnny Knoxville was caught trying to bring an inert grenade through LAX security in his carry-on luggage.
-Meredith Rodriguez
Hat Tip: Many Thanks Keight G. in PV!
Posted by James Hart on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 09:07 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, December 26, 2008
Iraq vet accused of selling homemade IEDS to OK City gangstas
I always see this Army recruitment ads on TV, showing how servicemembers can use skills they learned in the military back in the regular working world. I don't think this is what they meant.
Hat Tip: Many thanks, JUNGLE JIM!
Posted by James Hart on Friday, December 26, 2008 at 05:15 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Police shoot man yelling, "Just shoot me."
OK, the gun in his hand may have been added incentive.
|Meredith Rodriguez
Posted by James Hart on Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 09:40 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, November 24, 2008
UPDATE: Teen turns disposable camera into stun gun
Which is more awesome when you consider the average person has a hard time using a disposable camera as a disposable camera. He got suspended for it, though, but the school has dropped the matter after he sued them. Huzzah!
Hat Tip: Many thanks, Keith G in PV!
Posted by James Hart on Monday, November 24, 2008 at 08:57 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
A mother's love
How not to help your son deal with bullying: BUYING HIM WEAPONS.
Posted by James Hart on Wednesday, September 24, 2008 at 08:27 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack (0)
Saturday, September 06, 2008
VA man caught with guns, grenade in DC
The AP says the man stopped to ask a police officer for directions, and the officer noticed a rifle case in the vehicle, which led to a full search. Happened near the Library of Congress. CNN notes that nobody is saying the guy planned an attack.
Posted by James Hart on Saturday, September 06, 2008 at 11:12 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Why I love auctions
Arkansas authorities had a bit of scare when auctioneers found a case of C-4 sitting among the goods at an estate sale. (Between a porcelain coffee set and some decorative eggs, as it turns out. Wonder if they were being sold as a group.) Police say the explosives were 15 years old, which made them even MORE unstable.
The owner would have faced charges ... if he weren't already dead.
Hat Tip: Many thanks, FanDanGo!
Posted by James Hart on Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 08:28 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Ninja vigilantes target drug-dealing scum, police say
Story is from New Jersey, where two young men dressed up as ninjas and armed themselves with swords, nunchuks, throwing stars and other weapons -- all in an effort to rid their streets of drug-dealing scum!
Which they attempted, mostly, by writing nasty letters to local drug dealers and their clientele, police say. The "Shinobi Warriors" are now facing charges ...
Twenty-year-old Tadeusz Tertkiewicz and 19-year-old Jesse Trojaniak are charged with weapons possession. Tertkiewicz is also charged with harassment for a letter left for an ex-girlfriend.
Trojaniak's father tells The Associated Press his son is "not a maniac" and was only trying to help a friend.
Posted by James Hart on Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 01:14 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (14) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, June 27, 2008
Update on our continuing samurai-sword crisis
A Connecticut man is accused of brandishing a samurai sword at a pedestrian because he was taking too long to cross the parking lot, the Courant says. The suspect says it was in self-defense.
Posted by James Hart on Friday, June 27, 2008 at 12:17 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
The wrong kind of stuffing
Connecticut police want to find the person who stuffed a raw chicken with a pipe bomb and left it lying by the side of the road. Really? You want to meet him, Connecticut police? I think I'd prefer to avoid the fevered imagination behind something like that ...
Posted by James Hart on Tuesday, June 10, 2008 at 08:58 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, May 30, 2008
UK to wage anti-knife crime campaign
Posted by James Hart on Friday, May 30, 2008 at 03:39 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (21) | TrackBack (0)
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
China requires people to sign registry if they buy "potentially deadly" knives
Though I suppose that most knives are potentially deadly in the wrong hands. Snip:
The targeted daggers include those with blood grooves, lock-knives, and knives with blades measuring over 22 centimeters, the ministry said in a circular posted on its website.
22 cm = 8.7 inches
Posted by James Hart on Wednesday, May 07, 2008 at 05:40 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)
Monday, April 07, 2008
UK enacts widespread samurai sword ban
Now the limeys can't make, import or sell samurai swords, though there are loopholes for collectors or people doing reenactments. No word on how their sonic screwdriver ban is coming along. (That's right -- I'm pretty sure this is all prelude to a Dalek invasion.)
Posted by James Hart on Monday, April 07, 2008 at 05:30 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (3) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, April 04, 2008
KS governor isn't sure if she'll sign bill allowing machine guns
Posted by James Hart on Friday, April 04, 2008 at 09:07 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (238) | TrackBack (0)
Friday, February 29, 2008
I want to say one word to you. Plastics.
NBC News has a piece here about the growing popularity of plastic knuckles -- brass knuckles that are made of highly dense plastic, tough enough to punch through a watermelon. Apparently, it's child's play to sneak them through security checkpoints. Also, they were able to dig up video of a schoolteacher getting punched.
Posted by James Hart on Friday, February 29, 2008 at 06:30 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBack (0)
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
NY police find pipe bombs in Brooklyn apartment
And the occupant? Happens to be a guy accused of spray-painting anti-Semitic messages on houses, cars and synagogues. He says he's innocent -- the pipe bombs were merely for fishing.
Hat Tip: Many thanks, Nice Deb and Doc!
Posted by James Hart on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 at 11:12 AM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Rafaela Mendez
Mendez, 71, was arrested for allegedly trying to sneak a blackjack into the Tampa airport. From the St. Pete Times:
Mendez, a native of Puerto Rico who lives in Tampa, told authorities she carried the weapon "to smack people's hands when they got fresh," an arrest report shows.
Posted by James Hart on Thursday, January 03, 2008 at 04:28 PM in Weapons violations | Permalink | Comments (9) | TrackBack (0)


